{"id":444,"date":"2007-04-20T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=444"},"modified":"2007-04-20T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-20T18:42:00","slug":"with-pond-scum-algae-fuel-in-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/with-pond-scum-algae-fuel-in-red.html","title":{"rendered":""Playing with Pond Scum" – Algae Fuel in the Red Herring"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are at: Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Do you know that oil derived from algae<\/b> is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae<\/a><\/b> for more.<\/p>\n

“Playing with Pond Scum” – Algae Fuel in the April 9, 2007 issue of Red Herring Print Issue<\/strong><\/p>\n

Algae, grown in factories or in ponds, is rich in lipids (read: oil) and could yield 5-to 30-times more oil per acre than palm oil for biofuel production. Only a small group of entrepreuneurs grow commercial algae — a select group of \u201calga-nuts,\u201d in the words of one such CEO. VCs don\u2019t think it\u2019s so nutty, though. Algae startups Solazyme, Aurora BioFuels, and GreenFuel Technologies, recently raised tens of millions of funding dollars. Read all about it in Red Herring’s Apr issue cover feature, \u201cPlaying with Pond Scum,\u201d (available only in the offline print format!)<\/p>\n

Nature gave us<\/a> oil from algae; perhaps we should try<\/a> Nature’s way again<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Oilgae<\/a><\/b>; Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>; List of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.
algOS – Biodiesel from Algae Open Source<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Oilgae<\/b> has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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